ice over/up
phrasal verb
iced over/up; icing over/up; ices over/up
: to become covered with ice
The freezing rain caused the roads to ice over.
As the weather grew colder, the pond iced over.
The wings of the plane iced up during the storm.
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Improvements included three new entry kiosks, a new office structure, a transponder lane and road widening.
Trail Ridge Road remains closed because of snow and will miss its usual Memorial Day opening because wind, drifting snow and ice over the past week hindered snow-clearing operations.
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John Meyer, Denver Post, 24 May 2025
Heavy mixed precipitation is expected, with snow and sleet accumulations of 5 to 10 inches and ice up to a 10th of an inch.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 5 Jan. 2025
In northern Indiana, the winter weather advisory extends from 1 p.m. Wednesday to 7 a.m. Thursday and Hoosiers can expect snow mixed with freezing rain and sleet with snow accumulations between 2-4 inches and ice up to one-tenth of an inch.
—Jen Guadarrama, IndyStar, 2 July 2025
Heavy mixed precipitation is expected as well as ice up to a tenth of an inch.
—Bebe Hodges, Cincinnati Enquirer, 4 Jan. 2025
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John Meyer, Denver Post, 24 May 2025
Heavy mixed precipitation is expected, with snow and sleet accumulations of 5 to 10 inches and ice up to a 10th of an inch.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 5 Jan. 2025
In northern Indiana, the winter weather advisory extends from 1 p.m. Wednesday to 7 a.m. Thursday and Hoosiers can expect snow mixed with freezing rain and sleet with snow accumulations between 2-4 inches and ice up to one-tenth of an inch.
—Jen Guadarrama, IndyStar, 2 July 2025
Heavy mixed precipitation is expected as well as ice up to a tenth of an inch.
—Bebe Hodges, Cincinnati Enquirer, 4 Jan. 2025
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“Ice over/up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ice%20over%2Fup. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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